Question

Half a year before graduation from college, my son began to seek a job.     the financial crisis, fewer companies would like to      new staff. My son targeted a company that was     to employ only one person       there were more than 20 people filing their resumes﹙簡歷﹚.

After the interview, there would only be 3 who could enter the final round, which would later     one person to be employed. Everything seemed to go quite       and my son passed the first round and entered the final round in a week.

On the day of the final interview, my son and the      two candidates（候選人）arrived at the interview place on time,       the test. The interview was unbelievably     . The interviewer only said to them, “All of you are very super. Please go home and wait for our      . We will tell you the      in 3 days. Good luck to all of you” On the morning of the third day, my son received a text from the company shortly after breakfast that he was not employed. We all felt very      .

In nightfall that day, my son suddenly told me       on phone, “Dad, I have been employed!” Greatly surprised, I could not wait to ask him, “What’s the whole      ?” My son told me that he received another text saying that he was employed. Actually the first text sent to my son was also       of the test in the interview. Three men received the same text this morning and only my son’s       was “Thank you” while the others said “Goodbye”.

Only then did I know that my son’s hope       in that way. That is, when you feel disappointed, do not       to say “Thank you” to the one who disappoints you. Saying “Thank you” shows respect for others’ work and shows your great      . Therefore, while under the same condition, you will get the upper hand in terms of       compared with others!

1.A. Due to                       B. As to                      C. By way of                        D. Thanks to

2.A. promote                    B. train                       C. discover                           D. employ

3.A. encouraged     B. allowed                          C. intended                          D. supposed

4.A. since                 B. while                     C. because                          D. if

5.A. decide               B. attract                           C. meet                                D. represent

6.A. slowly                B. secretly                            C. smoothly               D. silently

7.A. other                  B. another                           C. others                             D. either

8.A. watching over    B. waiting for             C. thinking about                D. looking into

9.A. formal                       B. funny                                C. simple                             D. strange

10.A. advertisement         B. order                                C. notice                             D. suggestion

11.A. choice                     B. result                                C. mark                      D. idea

12.A. annoyed                  B. puzzled                            C. shocked               D. disappointed

13.A. doubtfully      B. calmly                               C. excitedly                          D. worriedly

14.A. opinion                       B. matter                              C. attitude                          D. tip

15.A. middle                     B. ending                             C. course                              D. part

16.A. reply                         B. way                                 C. problem                          D. question

17.A. came                         B. grew                      C. changed                         D. advised

18.A. expect                     B. regret                     C. dislike                     D. forget

19.A. curiosity                    B. unselfishness                  C. honor                             D. humor

20.A. abilities                    B. opportunities                  C. faults                                 D. shortcomings

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.B

5.A

6.C

7.A

8.B

9.C

10.C

11.B

12.D

13.C

14.B

15.D

16.A

17.A

18.D

19.B

20.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述了作者通過自己的兒子在求職過程中多說了一句“謝謝”而獲得了一份難得的工作，闡述了一個道理：一聲謝謝能體現(xiàn)出自己的心胸，自己也可以有意想不到的收獲！

1.考查詞組。 Due to 由于； As to至于，關于； By way of 經由，當作；Thanks to由于，幸虧。句意是：由于經濟危機的原因。Thanks to有慶幸的意思，和句意不符，故選A。

2.考查動詞。 Promote促進； train訓練 ；Discover發(fā)現(xiàn)；employ雇傭。句意是：由于受金融危機的影響，很少有公司愿意聘用新員工。故選D。

3.考查動詞。 Encouraged鼓勵；allowed 允許；intended打算，準備；supposed假定。句意是：我兒子看中一家公司，這家公司只打算雇傭一人。Br intended to do 表示“打算做...”，be supposed to do 表示“應該做...”，故C符合語境，故選C。

4.考查連詞。Since自...以來；while然而；because因為；if假如。只錄用一人和二十多人提交簡歷形成對比，故選B。

5.考查動詞。Decide決定；attract 吸引；meet遇見；represent代表，表現(xiàn)。Which引導的定語從句修飾的是the final round，最后一輪面試應是決定錄用誰，故選A。

6.考查副詞。 slowly 緩慢地；secretly秘密地；smoothly順利地；silently默默地。根據(jù)and后的作者的兒子通過了第一輪面試，進入最終的面試可知一切進行的似乎很順利。故選C。

7.考查形容詞。Other其他的，另外的；another又一，另一；others其他人；either兩者之中任一的。由上一段可知，第一輪面試過后只有三個人能參加最終的面試，而作者的兒子是其中一人，此處是說另外兩名求職應征者。故選A。

8.考查詞組。watching over看守；waiting for 等待；thinking about 考慮；looking into調查。根據(jù)arrived at the interview place on time，可知求職應征者們準時到達面試地點等待測試。故選B。

9.考查形容詞。formal 正式的；funny    好笑的；simple簡單的；strange奇怪的。有下文可知，最后一輪面試并沒有實質的內容，只是告訴求職應征者們回家等待，因此此輪面試不可思議地簡單。故選C。

10.考查名詞。 Advertisement廣告；order    命令；notice通知；suggestion建議。根據(jù)go home和we will tell you 可知他們被告知回家等候通知，故選C。

11.考查名詞。 Choice選擇；result結果；mark標記；idea主意。有上下文可知，第三天早上作者的兒子受到了沒有被錄用的消息，所以此處指的是最終的結果，故選B。

12.考查形容詞。annoyed 惱怒的；puzzled困惑的；shocked震驚的；disappointed失望的。由上下文可知，作者的兒子順利通過了第一輪面試，卻沒有通過最終的面試，全家人都很失望。故選D。

13.考查副詞。Doubtfully懷疑地；calmly冷靜地；excitedly興奮地；worriedly擔憂地。由下文可知，作者的兒子被雇用了，他一定是興奮地打電話告訴作者，故選C。

14.考查名詞。 Opinion意見；matter事件；attitude 態(tài)度；tip小費。由Greatly surprised, I could not wait to ask him可知作者非常納悶，急于想知道這到底是怎么回事。故選B。

15.考查名詞。middle 中間；ending 結局；course過程；part部分。由下文可知，發(fā)給作者兒子的短信也是面試的一部分。故選D。

16.考查名詞。 reply 回復； way方法，道路；problem難題；question問題。“Thank you ”和“Goodbye”分別是求職應征者的答復。故選A。

17.考查動詞。 Came來； grew 成長；changed改變；advised建議。由上文可知，作者的兒子向主持面試者回復短信，表示感謝，沒想到通過了最后的一輪面試。作者終于明白兒子為什么又得到了這份工作。故選A。

18.考查動詞。Expect期待； regret感到后悔；dislike不喜歡；forget忘記。句意是：在你失望的時候，別忘了向讓你失望的人說聲謝謝。故選D。

19. 考查名詞。Curiosity好奇；unselfishness不自私；honor榮譽；humor幽默。結合上文，作者的兒子收到沒有被錄取的通知后，依然表達了對主持面試者的謝意，充分展示了自己的心情。故選B。:學

20.考查名詞。 Abilities能力；opportunities機會；faults故障；shortcomings毛病。結合本文語境，作者闡述了一個道理：在同樣的條件下，（因為你不吝說“謝謝”）機會的天平就會項你這邊傾斜。

考點：考查故事類短文